<br>Ghosties and ghoulies and long-leggedy beasties and things that go bump in the night: That’s Kirstin Dearborn in a nutshell. This life-long New Englander and horror writer was destined to write about anything that screams, squelches, or bleeds. Her first literary love was Michael Crichton (she was eleven). Her second, Stephen King. And <em>Jurassic Park</em>, one of her favorite movies, she asserts is a creature feature—her favorite type of horror flick.<br><br>At the University of Maine, Dearborn studied theater and English, and then went on to Seton Hill University where she earned her M.F.A. in Writing Popular Fiction (heavy on the monster horror). She’s been on the horror scene since 2010 with her short stories and novellas, and has contributed to a number of anthologies.<br><br>Dearborn is the author of <em>The Amazing Alligator Girl</em> (2022), <em>Sacrifice Island</em> (2018), <em>Woman in White</em> (2017), <em>Whispers</em> (2016), <em>Stolen Away</em> (2016), and <em>Trinity</em> (2012).<br><br>If Dearborn is taking a break from all things blood-curdling, she’s likely scaling high peaks, zipping around Vermont on a motorcycle, hanging out
